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| 21 | ->''"If Creator/KimBasinger was a plane, this is what she'd be."'' |
| 22 | -->-- '''Creator/TomClancy''', describing the F-22 Raptor |
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| 24 | The aerial equivalent of the CoolCar, CoolBoat, and the flying, usually metallic (but increasingly composite) incarnation of the RuleOfCool. They usually fall into two categories: |
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| 26 | 1. Luxurious civilian plane: This is a sleek and beautifully shaped plane with a sumptuous and spacious cabin which allows a MillionairePlayboy, TheRockstar or TechBro to rule the skies with pizzazz. There are no rows of seats; instead, there are only a few passengers in this private jet, and they each get a full-size lounge chair. There may be a VIP suite for the highest-ranking person (President, CEO, etc) with a bedroom. The civilian Cool Plane will not break down, rust, or go out of style (unless the plot demands it). This is a plane that doesn't serve peanuts to its customers: the on-board chef makes a [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Vesper martini]], an [[ConspicuousConsumption aged AAA steak]], all served on china, glasses and silverware. As well, there's a side order of ''whoopass'' given by a [[SexyStewardess stewardess in a tight uniform]] who [[SupermodelStrut walks with an alluring sway]]. This plane has a powerful engine and it's full of high-tech gear, both in the cockpit and the passenger lounge. |
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| 28 | 2. Military, spy or police Cool Planes typically combine high technology features that make the plane fast (hypersonic engines), highly maneuverable (VTOL thrusters), stealthy[[note]] Contrary to media depictions, stealth technology doesn't make a plane ''invisible'' on radar. Rather, stealth technology reduces the radar detection to the point that enemy reaction times will be reduced so much they cannot really do anything bar getting the firehoses out.[[/note]], and it is [[MoreDakka bristling with guns]] (especially GatlingGood), missiles, bombs, anti-missile countermeasures (chaff and flares) and other weapons. If you get on a military Cool Plane, take note of the exits, as you may be leaving with a parachute if the plane is hit by the enemy. |
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| 30 | Cool Planes are probably piloted by a DangerDeadpan AcePilot who is calm under pressure. The technology in Cool Planes is not limited to RealLife inventions, so don't be surprised if the plane has "plasma fusion engines", "cloaking technology", laser cannons and the capability to transform into a submarine. The "futuristic technology" in Cool Planes may get dated over the decades due to ZeeRust. |
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| 32 | Helicopters and glider planes ''are'' included in this category. Airships, however, get [[CoolAirship their own page]]. For the CoolPlane [-[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]-], see SpaceFighter and SpacePlane. |
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| 34 | '''To avoid writing {{Administrivia/Zero Context Example}}s, remember that just giving the plane's name, saying "<name> is a Cool Plane" or [[Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples giving a link to another site]] isn't enough. You need to specifically say in the example which features make it a Cool Plane so that the average reader who isn't an expert on planes can understand it.''' |
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| 38 | !!Examples |
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| 40 | [[index]] |
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| 45 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 46 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Seto Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Jet, custom-made manufactured by his company (which, before being the primary supplier of the series' SeriousBusiness game, was a weapons manufacturer). |
| 47 | %% * Brai-Star, Anime/{{Braiger}}'s plane form. |
| 48 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'': While Ash Ketchum usually travels to faraway regions via airplane, his first trip to Unova has him riding a giant amphibious plane which lands in the docks rather than airport. Certainly a stylish way to enter in a new region, and a nice transition between Ash's usual travel via ferryboat and the common commercial airlines he would take in future series. |
| 49 | %% * The Stinger and Serpent, piloted by {{Ace Pilot}}s Puria and Lee respectively, in ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu''. |
| 50 | * Almost every aircraft in ''Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze,'' friendly or enemy, especially the FFR-41 Mave which the main character, Rei Fukai, pilots (and thus give the most screentime). The titular ''Yukikaze'' is the Mave's [[SentientVehicle extremely advanced support A.I.]], by the way. You can check them all out [[http://www.gearsonline.net/series/yukikaze/ here.]] |
| 51 | %% ** Not to mention almost every LAM (Land-Air 'Mech) from ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''... at least until FASA ran into legal troubles for ripping off designs from ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', amongst other sources. |
| 52 | %% * ''Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin'' has a nod to Cagliostro in the form of two autogyros. |
| 53 | * In ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', the Motor Club finds the lost fuselage of the second J7W1 Shinden prototype (in real life the second Shinden is presumed destroyed) underneath Nekomi Tech, and [[ResurrectTheWreck restore it to flight capability]] for Keiichi to pilot. |
| 54 | * In ''Manga/Area88'', Greg realizes that ordinary aircraft won't be effective against Farina's land carrier and immediately orders an A-10 Thunderbolt from [=McCoy=]. At the time the manga was written (early 1980s), the A-10 Thunderbolt was a state-of-the-art aircraft. |
| 55 | * In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', an SR-71 Blackbird is used to stop the naval invasion of England by Millennium. In the popular fan webcomic ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', this is lampshaded with people referring to it as the Incredibly Awesome Plane, except for Alucard, who refers to it as a DeusExMachina. |
| 56 | * It's safe to say that any ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' series will have Cool Planes. |
| 57 | ** The VF-1 Valkryie from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', and its successors such as the YF-19 from ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' and Jetfire from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' (No, really): Cool Planes that [[TransformingMecha transform into robots]].[[note]]Also, the YF-19 is the basis of ''Animated'' Starscream.[[/note]] |
| 58 | ** There's also the VB-6 König Monster from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. A boxy and ungainly bomber in flight mode, it earns its cool points when it transforms into an updated version of the Destroid Monster (which was more of a walking artillery platform than a mecha), with the firepower to take down escort cruisers and a recoil that can buckle a warship's armour plating. |
| 59 | ** Combined with RuleOfCool and MoreDakka with the VF-25 and its full armor pack (also from ''Frontier''). A few previous variable fighters had armor packs that when equipped prevented them from transforming back to fighter mode, but the VF-25's not only allows it to transform with the armor pack on, but gives it the largest missile load of any main fighter in the series. |
| 60 | * ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' |
| 61 | ** The God Phoenix. Imagine a large bright red and blue plane that can go into space, submerge in water, take off and land vertically, goes supersonic, carries about 30 missiles (before being kaboomed), then several large super missiles (after being rebuilt), and carries 4 secondary vehicles inside it. Most spectacularly of all when the plane's really in a jam, it can transform in to a giant flaming phoenix to escape, although this takes a lot out of the team.[[note]]And the fuel.[[/note]] The ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' Phoenix had ''both'' types of missiles, 30 small and 2 large. |
| 62 | ** [[TheHero Ken]] himself has the G1. A Cessna plane in civilian form that transforms into a supersonic jet. Later in the series, it gets mounted with a heat laser cannon. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': While Kazuya pilots the titular karate-chopping SuperRobot, his best friend Kyoshiro flies the Galva plane. He once managed to stop a nuclear bomb from hitting the earth thanks to the jet's attacks destroying the base of the missile. |
| 64 | * ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Ganper aids Atlaus in battle, is capable of BeamSpam and WolverineClaws, and is a core part of the Daltanious robot. |
| 65 | * Creator/HayaoMiyazaki uses this trope as one of his {{Creator Thumbprint}}s. A love inherited from his father and uncle. |
| 66 | ** ''Anime/PorcoRosso'''s trademark red Savoia Marchetti S.21 seaplane and Curtis' Curtiss [=R3C=] racer are both actual historical aircraft (although the real Savoia S.21 was a biplane, not a monoplane) and would have been considered "cool" planes in their time. |
| 67 | ** The poster for ''Anime/TheWindRises'' features a prototype of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M Mitsubishi A5M "Claude"]] in all its inverted gull wing glory. |
| 68 | ** ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' has Monsley's Falco, an amphibian cargo plane in an era AfterTheEnd. The climax of the series involves Industria getting its hands on a "Gigant", a [[MileLongShip nearly kilometer-wide]] bomber plane that, in an age where there is no anti-air defenses, can single-handedly help Industria TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 69 | ** ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' features the Valley of the Wind Gunship (which has a [[{{BFG}} huge cannon]], amphibious landing capabilities and is extremely fast), the Pejitei Gunship (which single-handedly riddles two Torumekian Transports), the Torumekian Transports (which are humongous transport/gunships) and Nausicaa's Mehve (which is more of a Cool Jet-Powered Handglider). The plot makes clear that air power is worth its weight in gold, considering how much of a DeathWorld the Earth has become. |
| 70 | ** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', one of the Lupin anime that Miyazaki directed, features the Count's autogyro. Lupin makes clear that (InUniverse) it's an antique, making it a symbol of the Count's eccentricities. |
| 71 | ** ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' has a number of smaller wacky/cool ships (the pirates' "Tiger Moth" and the government's "Air Destroyer Goliath" are the ones with most screen time, as well as the "Tiger Moth"'s Flaptor squadron, open-topped rocket-boosted ornithopters for fast raiding). The titular Castle, however, is a CoolAirship! |
| 72 | %% ** ''Anime/TheWindRises'', being a fictionalised biography about a gifted aircraft designer most famous for designing the Zero fighter, naturally features a lot of them. In a case of ShownTheirWork, all aircraft (except for the first DreamSequence) featured in it actually exist in RealLife, and most of them are cool planes in both cases. Its poster also features a prototype of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M Mitsubishi A5M "Claude"]] in all its inverted gull wing glory. |
| 73 | * The AH 88 Hellhound from the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' movies. Functions mostly like an Apache, but looks way cooler. |
| 74 | * The Umidori in ''Manga/{{Zipang}}'' a fictional VTOL naval scout craft which looks like the result of a tryst between an Apache attack helicopter and an Osprey. |
| 75 | * The Golden Condor in ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold''. Exceptionally cool, as it's solar powered and built of gold. And set in the 16th Century. |
| 76 | * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': |
| 77 | ** Academy City's [=HsF=]-00 and [=HsB=]-07 fighters and bombers. Over 80m in length, capable of Mach 7, can fly sideways or spin in place. The pilot's body has to be placed in cryogenic stasis in order to survive maneuvers, and controls the plane through a direct neural interface. |
| 78 | ** The "Six Wings" supersonic ''helicopter''. These don't even have pilots, and are drones, but are considered the equivalent to an entire conventional armored platoon in terms of firepower. |
| 79 | * Very prevalent in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. Usually when there's a TransformingMecha, it will either be this trope (most of the time referred to as a "Flight Mode",) a SpacePlane, or both, depending on the application of MinovskyPhysics in the setting. Among the notable examples: |
| 80 | ** Both the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]] and its variants, and the Delta Gundam and its variants (particularly the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Delta Plus]]) have their "Waverider" modes, which allow them atmospheric flight and atmospheric re-entry. |
| 81 | ** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam]]'s "Bird Mode" does the same thing, with its [[{{BFG}} Buster Rifle]] mounted on its nose. Ditto with the [[Main/MidSeasonUpgrade Wing Gundam Zero]]'s "Neo Bird Mode". |
| 82 | ** The Gundam Airmaster from ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' can also transform into a jet aircraft in flight mode, but with twin beam rifles. |
| 83 | ** From ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', the FX-660 Skygrasper is one of the few non-transforming examples in the franchise, as it was built as a support fighter craft for the Strike Gundam, with built-in hardpoints for the latter's Striker Packs. It's also capable of [=VTOL=]. |
| 84 | ** From ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', the Savior Gundam and the mass-production Murasame fill this role with their respective flight modes. |
| 85 | ** From ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', the Kyrios Gundam fulfills this role in its flight mode and can be outfitted with a pod for bombing missions. Its predecessor unit from the 00 spinoff manga, the Abulhool, also qualifies, being loosely inspired by the F-22 Raptor in design. |
| 86 | * ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'' has Kim's plane, the Honeybee. It's a vintage plane with transforming capabilities that never seems to run out of fuel. |
| 87 | * The Swordfish II is Spike's personal space plane from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', equipped with beam blaster, wing mounted machine guns, and detachable canopy. |
| 88 | * All of the planes in ''Anime/TheSkyCrawlers'' are either Expies or inspired by the ultimate generation of piston-engine fighters that were left on the drawing board at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo by the advent of the jet age. Justified in that war has been replaced by a form of aerial gladiatorial combat. |
| 89 | * Many of the works of Creator/MohiroKitoh involve aircraft, whether real or fictional-- and they are nearly always cool. |
| 90 | ** ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' has several, the most prominent of which is the advanced, stealthy Type 88 Light Fighter. During several of the robot battles, we get to see it in action. |
| 91 | ** Kith's currently-running manga, ''Manga/FutagoNoTeikoku'', involves the Mitsubishi [=A5M=], which was the most advanced naval fighter in the world in the 1930s. |
| 92 | %% ** In ''Manga/ShadowStar'', Shiina's father travels to Russia to train on the Sukhoi Su-27, which is a RealLife example of this trope. In his off-time, he is a private pilot, flying a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-215 Canadair 215]]. |
| 93 | * Big Duo from ''Anime/TheBigO'' is a cross between a HumongousMecha and a Cool Plane. Its arms double as massive propeller engines (the fingers become the propellers) with retractable wings. As for its firepower, Big Duo has the same EyeBeams as Big O, rocket launchers in its torso, and its legs are actually massive missile launchers. Schwarzwald even discovered Big Duo in an abandoned hangar. |
| 94 | * In the final arc of ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' the villains realise that the titular [[HumongousMecha Aura Battlers]] potential are being limited by their humanoid shape and so they start incorporating technology from the humans' jet fighters to create the Aura Fighters -- a bunch of insectoid fighter jets that run on "[[LifeEnergy Aura]]". |
| 95 | * The X-Tornado from ''Anime/SonicX'', a jet plane named for its ability to shift into an X-shaped wing mode for speed. It also had the ability to transform into a heavy armed walker in a Macross-style transformation sequence. |
| 96 | * The Berserker of ''Literature/FateZero'' uses his ability to turn any weapon he gets his hands on into his own Noble Phantasm to hijack an F-15 fighter jet. |
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| 99 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The Quinjets count as a CoolPlane Fleet. They are supersonic, [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally]] heavily armed, occasionally capable of [[SpacePlane flying up to orbit and in space]], and always capable of confortably carrying five to ten of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. |
| 101 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Batplane has been a mainstay since UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, usually depicted as a jet plane with bat-like wings. Comics and other Batman-related media since the 1990s have largely replaced the Batplane with the stealth bomber-inspired Batwing. Batman's small one-man copter, [[http://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2009Images/WhirlyBat673.JPG The Whirly-Bat]] has its own legion of fans. Their aerodynamics are often questionable, given the aforementioned need to shape the wings in roughly the form of Batman's insignia, but when powered by RuleOfCool, that's not a problem. |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}'': The Blackhawk Squadron has flown a great many Cool Planes over the years, most notably the '40s-era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XF5F_Skyrocket XF5F Skyrocket]], whose distinctive look makes it the definitive Blackhawk plane. |
| 103 | * ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': The SX Swordfish is an experimental supersonic fighter/bomber in an era (InUniverse and out - the series started in 1946) where airplanes didn't went that fast. A squadron of them, built in secret with Blake as the leading scientist, is the MacGuffin that nearly single-handedly saves the world from WorldWarIII in one story arc. |
| 104 | * ''ComicBook/DallasBarr'': Ricardo Garibaldi lives on a plane large enough to have a garden in the cargo hold. |
| 105 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The second [[FlyingCar Fantasti-Car]] is a Cool Plane which splits into four '''Cool Hovercrafts'''. |
| 106 | %% * ''ComicBook/{{Franka}}'': The Atlantis. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/GreatTen'': The Immortal Man (Men?) in Darkness flies one of these, the Dragonwing, which is based on alien technology and is phenomenally powerful. The current Immortal Man in Darkness isn't ashamed to admit that he's in love with the old girl. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelOneHundredthAnniversarySpecial'': The series has the Quin-Jet, a flying pyramid with seats for the travelers. |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'': The team uses a supersonic ballistic capsule to quickly fly to Horde invasion sites. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': The famous [[InvisibilityCloak Invisible Jet]]. |
| 111 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Not only is it an early version of stealth technology, but it can also travel at least 2,000 MPH or 40 miles/second, be summoned/controlled telepathically, [[SpacePlane travel into space]] and even to other dimensions. This was also before Wondy had been given the ability to fly herself, removing the usual question for why she needs a plane. |
| 112 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Since the ComicBook/PostCrisis Amazons are stripped of their technological advances and science-based society in favor of tying them to the Greek Pantheon, when the invisible plane is reintroduced, it's a sentient transforming craft gifted to Diana by a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien. |
| 113 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': The Invisible Plane gets an AdaptationalBackstoryChange in this continuity. It's a B-17 which has been been painted with Wonder Woman NoseArt and undergone stealth experimentation allowing it to become invisible at the push of a button. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': The X-Men's first Blackbird is literally a modified SR-71, custom made by Lockheed, which illustrates how [[Fiction500 absurdly wealthy and well-connected]] Professor Xavier is. Later Blackbirds have little in common with the SR-71, incorporating [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Shi'ar technology]], but retain the name because by that point, it had become an ''X-Men'' tradition. |
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| 118 | * ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In this doujin the main characters pilot war planes called [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/907413/006/ F-14E -or "Evangelion"-]], a variant of the F-14 model and the most advanced war plane built. Among other things, they are fitted with an anti-targeting field capable of rendering them invisible to radar systems and deflect projectiles. |
| 119 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has the Avengers and SHIELD Quinjets, lovingly describes the Eurofighter Typhoon (one of which brings down a zombified dragon... albeit after having crashed, and the empty jet being used as a giant lance by War Machine), and of course, the famous X-Men Blackbird. The latter meets an unfortunate end in the first major arc of the sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', when Magneto hits the Red Son in the face with it. |
| 120 | * ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': The aircraft piloted by Kensuke in chapter 1 definitely counts: |
| 121 | -->''Kensuke loved this. Some real action! Even if he couldn't pilot Eva, at least he got to fly the largest aircraft in the world. It flew high above the range of normal anti-aircraft missiles, undetectable to conventional radar. In any case normal anti-aircraft missiles did not have warheads that could really be more than a bee sting against this flying fortress.'' |
| 122 | * ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': The SRI is able to have the last two SR-71 Blackbirds reserved for Terawatt's use. They're capable of going over ''Mach 3'' but were mostly decommissioned because they're so expensive to run. To further improve response times and get around the need for quite a long runway, they're modified to let Terawatt pop in and out of the cockpit in her silvery form while moving; she gets collected via a GlassSmackAndSlide at 100mph, then bails out over the target. |
| 123 | %% * In ''Fanfic/TheStudentPrince'', Arthur is very proud of his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learjet_40 Learjet 40]], ''Excalibur''. He also has a brief but excited monologue about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon Typhoon]]. |
| 124 | %% * In ''Fanfic/ThirtySecondsOverToKiRin'', the P-86's being flown by our heroes are clear Expies of the American F-86, used from the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar through the whole UsefulNotes/ColdWar (mostly by US allies later, though). They are even called "Sabres," just like the F-86. |
| 125 | * ''FanFic/FalloutEquestriaEmptyQuiver'' |
| 126 | ** The XB/A-1 Valkyrie in visually resembles the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan Avro Vulcan]] with its delta-wing design, while also having the VTOL capabilities of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet Harrier]]. Supersonic, black painted, 5-ton payload capacity and 2 forward facing automatic 40mm cannons, it is a veritable beast of a bird. |
| 127 | ** [[spoiler: The Trought F/A-5U "Flying Pancake" is another copy of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_XF5U Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack"]], including the legendary durability. The first one to appear survives getting caught in the blast wave of a half-kiloton [[FantasticNuke Megaspell]], after all.]] |
| 128 | %% ** The XF/A-1 'Harrier' is a direct copy of the VTOL fighter of the same name, down to having been manufactured at least in part by the Hawker Aerocraft company. |
| 129 | %% ** The Bow-Wing Bo-26 "Seaddler" is based largely on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_26 Dornier Do-26]] flying boat, albeit kitted out with side gunner positions and two autocannons in the nose. |
| 130 | %% * In ''Fanfic/RepairsRetrofitsAndUpgrades'', a ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' fanfiction, Asami designs and builds a VTOL craft dubbed the Satohawk. |
| 131 | * The Marabou from ''[[Fanfic/TheMidnightverse Too Huge To Be True]]''. [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Howard Huge]], designer of the Titanium Turkey whom the fic also credits for the Spruce Moose, had outdone all his previous designs by making a seaplane so huge that it can carry entire normal seaplanes, wings mounted and all, ''inside its fuselage'' — on two levels, even. This means its wingspan is about as large as the cliffs around Cape Suzette Bay are high (which eventually shows because it can only pass the gap in the cliffs turned vertically; it wasn't designed to enter the Bay, and approaching Cape Suzette is extremely difficult for a whole number of reasons). But despite being probably the largest seaplane ever made, it can (and does) get lost under sand dunes in a desert. It is powered by a dozen large formerly marine V-12 engines converted into high-performance aviation engines which are powerful enough to pull this monster's rear end and twin-boom tail out of a dune. Then again, [[AllJustADream it's just part of a dream]] [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers Gadget]] has after a marathon of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' which has even worse aircraft. While the Marabou's exact dimensions aren't given, it is probably not necessarily that much bigger than the Iron Vulture. |
| 132 | * In ''Fanfic/TheInstituteSaga'', the ComicBook/XMen's Blackbird gets upgraded with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Kryptonian tech. |
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| 135 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 136 | * ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': The [[WesternAnimation/Cars1 first film]] has Rotor Turbosky, Strip "The King" Weathers' helicopter, [[PunnyName Barney Stormin]], a red and white biplane seen sponsoring the final race, and a quartet of fighter jets at the same race composing of Marco, Stu Bop, and two unnamed jets, while ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' has Siddeley, Finn [=McMissile=]'s stealth fighter jet and his archenemies, the Lemons' BlackHelicopter, as well as Everett the passenger plane and an unnamed Samairai passenger plane. The SpinOff ''Mater's Tall Tales'' features even more aircraft: ''Rescue Squad Mater'' features a pair of rescue helicopters, ''Mater the Greater'' has Props [=McGee=], a blue and red stunt plane, ''UFM: Unidentified Flying Mater'' has Captain Munier the attack helicopter, and ''Air Mater'' has the Falcon Hawks. Meanwhile, ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'' features an entire cast of these. |
| 137 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' gives us a few, like... |
| 138 | ** The "Manta Ray" jet. It flies in the air ''and'' swims under water ''and'' even serves Mr. Incredible shrimp cocktail and mimosa [[ArtificialIntelligence all by itself... with no flight attendants]]! Its creator is a GadgeteerGenius AscendedFanboy [[NerdInEvilsHelmet turned bad]], who also happens to be the creator of... |
| 139 | ** The Velocipods -- a {{mook|s}}-flown and also crazy baddie invention. Being small, fast and agile, it's basically your car-sized one-man helicopter that can fly tight circles around people. Its arsenal of [[MoreDakka twin machine guns]] gives it some raw firepower at a healthy distance, but you know what? It's the ''[[HelicopterBlender blades]]'' which make it really [[{{Pun}} incredible]]: it ''cuts entire palm trees without hurting itself!'' |
| 140 | ** And the BigBad has more! There's even an unpowered glider housed inside a rocket that carries a HumongousMecha called the "[[SpiderTank Omnidroid]]". However, other than its [[{{Pun}} incredible]] mass for an aircraft, there isn't much to speak of it since it demonstrates nothing else. |
| 141 | ** The good guys, however, get a[[note]](quoth Helen Parker)[[/note]] "really fast" private jet. Although it's not up to [[{{Pun}} the incredible]] standards set by the rest of the other aircraft, it can do some very extreme maneuvers and, if really necessary, jettison flares to confuse [[AntiAir SAMs]] (note that this is [[ShownTheirWork something that real military planes can do]] as well). |
| 142 | * In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', ComicBook/WonderWoman stole her famous invisible jet from ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s EvilDoppelganger Owlman, calling it a BattleTrophy. It's shown to pack enough heavy artillery to KO even the local {{Flying Brick}}s. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 146 | * The Time Jets from ''Film/TheAdamProject'' are sleek black fighter jets capable of time-travel and carry a suite of magnetic-based technology including DeflectorShields, an InvisibilityCloak, and [[MagneticWeapons gauss machine guns]]. |
| 147 | * In ''Film/Batman1989'', the Batwing is used to take Joker's gas-releasing parade balloons away from Gotham. At one point, the Batwing briefly 'poses' in front of the full moon to look like an impromptu bat-signal. |
| 148 | -->'''Joker:''' ''(Stunned)'' My balloons...those are my balloons... ''(Angry)'' He stole my balloons! Why didn't somebody tell me that he had one of those...things?! |
| 149 | * ''Film/BigGame'' has Air Force One, with its self-defense system, luxurious travel conditions and space-capsule-esque escape pod. |
| 150 | * The titular [[BlackHelicopter high-tech]], stealth helicopter carrying a [[GatlingGood 20mm gatling gun]] from ''Film/BlueThunder''. And while it was assigned to the LAPD for the sake of helping protect the Olympics[[note]]and permanently in the short-lived RecycledTheSeries[[/note]], a major plot point is the mystery of why the U.S. Government decided to truly manufacture this much overkill (the reality being [[spoiler:a GovernmentConspiracy to incite unrest in politically-undesirable neighborhoods and stomp them via DeathFromAbove]]). |
| 151 | * The Batwing (called "The Bat") in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', which is also akin to a FutureCopter. |
| 152 | -->'''Catwoman:''' My mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men.\ |
| 153 | '''Batman:''' This isn't a car. |
| 154 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 155 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': The Batwing again, of course. It can hover, and it is fitted with [[GatlingGood heavy machine guns]]. |
| 156 | ** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': Batman designed and built a three-story plane called the ''Flying Fox'' for the League to serve as its transport and mobile HQ. He uses its missiles to punch a hole in the shield of Steppenwolf's base in the climax. |
| 157 | ** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': The giant German bomber seen at the climax is clearly derived from a real-life example -- the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, a biplane with a wingspan greater than that of a Boeing 737. Yes, it was built by the same Zeppelin company that made... well, Zeppelins. |
| 158 | * ''Film/{{Doppelganger}}'' features a VTOL-capable transport plane with a detachable cargo pod and another one resembling a futuristic B-52 with a dorsal "accordion" structure. |
| 159 | * The titular hypersonic stealth fighter jet from ''Film/{{Firefox}}'' is considered by many to be the {{Trope Maker|s}}. |
| 160 | * In ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', COBRA has a cool gunship that is not only agile but is also ImmuneToBullets up to .50 calibre and has [[MoreDakka the Dakka]] to [[PointDefenseless shoot missiles out of the air]]. They also have the Night Raven (no relation to the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' bird), which [[CaptainErsatz looks rather like]] ''Film/{{Firefox}}'', does Mach 6 and has voice-operated weapons. |
| 161 | * The Super X-III in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' is one of the few human-built vehicles to go up against a {{Kaiju}} and come out the victor. Moreover, the Super X-III manages to do this ''twice''. |
| 162 | ** The Godzilla franchise's tradition of cool planes is carried into the Franchise/MonsterVerse by the USS ''Argo'', [[BenevolentConspiracy Monarch's]] massive flying wing aircraft, which is just as much of an ImpossiblyGracefulGiant as the {{Kaiju}}. It's able to outfly ''Rodan'' of all monsters, and it's fast and sturdy enough to fly from Antarctica to Mexico to Bermuda to Washington DC and then to Boston in the space of roughly 24 hours, ''through a Category 6 hurricane''. It also includes a hangar to dock Osprey tiltrotors in mid-flight (or mid-''fight''), which is very useful for evacuating civilians. |
| 163 | ** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' features the ''Shinden'' (Japanese for "magnificent lightning"), an experimental World War II-era propellor plane based on a real life prototype. Fast and nimble, it's able to get right up close to the King of the Monsters [[spoiler:and deliver the killing blow]]. |
| 164 | * In ''Film/IndependenceDay'', the Black Knight Squadron flies F/A-18 hornets against the invaders, and though [[CurbStompBattle they get massacred by the swarm's defender craft in the first counterattack]], [[AcePilot Captain Hiller manages to outmaneuver one of them]] and cause it to crash. In the second counterattack, it is President Withmore (himself an AcePilot) leading a rag-tag F/A-18 squadron to victory against a city destroyer. |
| 165 | * ESD's H-8 Global Defender hybrid SpaceFighter from ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' is a mixture of Earth and alien technology, best described as jet-shaped UFO. Their most notable feature is the anti-gravity drives, granting them VTOL capability along with greater maneuverability than any conventional planes. They are also equipped with plasma blasters capable of overpowering the Alien fighters' DeflectorShields, so they can take them on right on the go instead of having to disable the shields first. |
| 166 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 167 | ** ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'': The "[[CuteAsABouncingBetty Little Nellie]]" autogyro. [[KillItWithFire Flamethrowers]]? Check. [[MacrossMissileMassacre Missile pods]]? Check. Heat-seekers? Check. Aerial freaking ''[[StuffBlowingUp mines]]?'' Check and double-check. Oh, and don't be fooled by the fact that it [[BewareTheSillyOnes looks like a flimsy toy plane and can be packed into four suitcases]]; it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdi-rNcEVc curb-stomps four of SPECTRE's attack helicopters]] in a [[Awesome/{{Film}} Moment of Awesome]]. |
| 168 | ** ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'': In the ActionPrologue, Bond uses a Acrostar Bede BD-5J mini-jet (the smallest jet airplane on earth, barely larger than a compact car) to escape and turn a [[HomingProjectile homing missile]] against the enemy base that launched it. |
| 169 | ** ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': Gustav Graves has converted an Antonov 124-100 Ruslan into his flying headquarters and owns a giant cargo plane equipped with the controls for his KillSat. |
| 170 | ** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': In the climax, Nomi pilots a hi-tech folding glider (with Bond in the rear seat) that retracts its wings to convert into a submersible vehicle. This allows the [=MI6=] agents to access Safin's island base through an old World War II-era submarine pen. |
| 171 | %%** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'': A NATO Avro Vulcan carrying nuclear bombs is hijacked by a SPECTRE agent, then abandoned at the bottom of the sea after they retrieve the nukes. |
| 172 | * The maneuverable, adjustable, submersible one-person fighter craft of ''Film/JupiterAscending'' outdo many of the {{space fighter}}s out there. |
| 173 | * ''Film/TheLastDinosaur'': Masten Thrust's private jet, with its own inner trophy room complete with chimney (although [[FridgeLogic one has to wonder]]: where ''does'' the smoke goes to?). |
| 174 | * The ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' has several of these: |
| 175 | ** ''Slightly'' more realistic than most other examples in the franchise is Tony Stark's private jet in ''Film/IronMan1''. Comes with a wide-screen television, a fully equipped bar and luxurious leather seats, and the stewardesses double as strippers, complete with poles. And, of course, the Man himself. |
| 176 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', we have HYDRA's massive Flying Wing aircraft and rocket-powered helicopter, which were both based on actual designs from the period, even. |
| 177 | ** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', the Quinjet is a fighter/troop carrier plane with articulated wings and turbines in the wings for VTOL, as well as a fleet of heavily armored fighters with similar VTOL wing turbines. |
| 178 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Tony also has a cool helicopter, which contains a storage and activation system for his latest Iron Man armor, as well as a hidden rear hatch so that he can launch from it while it's in flight. |
| 179 | ** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' features quadjets, prototype predecessors to the quinjets (the biggest difference is that quadjets have, as the name suggests, four engines to the quinjet's five) -- one is even modified [[spoiler: with Skrull engineering]] into being fully space-capable. |
| 180 | %% * The "Bubble Ship" from ''Film/Oblivion2013''. Visually speaking, the drones, as well. |
| 181 | %%* Cliff Secord's Gee Bee stunt plane in the opening and ending of ''Film/TheRocketeer''; Howard Hughes' autogyro later in the same film. |
| 182 | * ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'': |
| 183 | ** The Royal Navy's amphibious squadron can [[TransformingMecha transform in mid-dive]] into submersibles armed with [[MacrossMissileMassacre cluster-torpedoes]]. They also have an EjectionSeat with built-in JetPack, leading to a [[Awesome/{{Film}} Moment of Awesome]] for Angelina Jolie. |
| 184 | ** Sky Captain's modified Curtiss P-40, as it carries the usual six machine-gun loadout as well as grapnel cables and magnetic bombs. Also, it can fly under water and perform aerobatic feats that the real P-40 would be hard pressed to do. |
| 185 | * The ''Starlight One'' hypersonic sub-orbital passenger liner in the 1983 disaster MadeForTVMovie of the same name, based on experimental NASA SpacePlane technology. |
| 186 | * The F/A-37 Talons from ''Film/{{Stealth}}'', as well as the modified model used by EDI, or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Extreme Deep Invader]]. Just how agile they are/can be is vividly highlighted by [[Awesome/{{Film}} the CMOA]] when EDI turns on a dime to track and shred a Sukhoi bird flying past. |
| 187 | * The [=MiG=]-28 flown by the villains in ''Film/TopGun'', while in reality a Northrop F-5 with a (pardon the pun) jet-black paint scheme and [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets red star]] markings, gave the heroes a serious run for their money and even terrorized one pilot so bad he resigns. |
| 188 | %%* The future X-Jet, as usual in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. [[spoiler:It ends up being destroyed to slow the Sentinels down.]] |
| 189 | * The Blackbird in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', of course. Stealthy and supersonic on the technical side, sleek and beautifully shaped on aesthetic side. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 193 | * ''Literature/{{Firefox}}'', the novel on which the film ''Film/{{Firefox}}'' was based. |
| 194 | ** One of the earliest, and almost certainly still to this day ''the'' greatest, has to be the [=MiG=]-31 "Firefox", which was capable of Mach 5, stealth (called "anti-radar" in the book, which predates the term "stealth technology") and carried thought-controllable weapons. For which the pilot had to think in Russian nevertheless. |
| 195 | ** The original cover had the aircraft look like the [=MiG=]-25. The distinctive design was a creation of the film and features on all later re-prints. There's irony for you: the ''real'' [=MiG=]-31, codenamed "Foxhound", is a development of the -25 ''Foxbat'', so the original cover got it right! Of course, the ''Foxhound'' can't do Mach 5, is not particularly stealthy and doesn't have thought-controlled weapons; on the other hand, it does tote AA-9 ''Amos'' missiles, which are the longest-range air-to-air missiles that the USSR/Russia has; they're said to be the Soviet equivalent of the AIM-54 Phoenix. |
| 196 | ** At least [[http://thinkinrussian.org/illustrations.cfm one aeronautically-knowledgeable fan]] drew up its technical specifications in a journal-worthy white paper, thus making the Firefox one of the most realistic cool machines ever seen in a Hollywood film. |
| 197 | * The Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Flight of the Old Dog'' and the series after it is about a junky old B-52 used as a testing platform for state-of-the-art military technology, a dichotomy reflected in its two names, "Megafortress" and "The Old Dog". When a Soviet laser system shoots down a US satellite and a squadron of sleek B-1 bombers, naturally it's the ramshackle B-52 and its rag-tag crew which comes to the rescue. Although it's valuable enough to be overhauled and eventually replaced in the continuity, the CoolShip naturally never becomes mass-production, because that would [[ConservationOfNinjitsu cripple its mojo]] (and would make little sense militarily, anyway). Eventually the Dreamland team switches to heavily-modified B-1 Lancers with, amongst other things, LADAR, "plasma"-warhead missiles and armed [=UAVs=]. Later still the Black Stallion spaceplanes show up. The Russians also have some entries of their own, like the Fisikous/Metyor-179 ''Tyenee''/Shadow stealth bomber in ''Warrior Class''. Of course, there are some IRL ones flying around. |
| 198 | * The science fiction novella "Steam Bird", about how the crew of the titular huge nuclear-powered bomber--die-hard steam enthusiasts to a man-- are so keen to have an excuse to finally fly the damned thing, during every diplomatic crisis they tool up and wait in the plane for TheCall. When it finally comes, they're rolling in seconds, much to the President's dismay five minutes later when he realizes that he's just ordered a ''large'' nuclear reactor into the air. Due to the way the thing's built, once it's moving, it's got to take off OrElse (and set a whole bunch of world records in the process.) Such aircraft were actually proposed by the US Air Force in TheFifties. |
| 199 | * In ''Literature/JohanneCabalTheDetective'', the entomopters are jets with a pair of rapidly beating wings similar to ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'''s ornithopters. Of the few diagrams in the novel, one of them features the CI-880 Ghepardo fighter-interceptor entomopter which packs a fairly potent punch with twin 15mm Martello "mini-cannons" and the 60mm Zeus rocket launcher which can be swapped out for some heavy bombs. |
| 200 | * Creator/MatthewReilly |
| 201 | ** His book the ''Seven Ancient Wonders'' (''Seven Deadly Wonders'' for US readers) features the ''Halicarnassus'', an extensively modified 747 used as a militarized transport aircraft. It's modifications include VTOL capability, minigun and missile pods, radar-absorbent black paint job, and an impressive military-spec sensor and communications package. Oh, and the best part? It was actually a custom order by Saddam FREAKING Hussein, and the protagonist ''single-handedly stole it'' from him during the first Gulf War. |
| 202 | ** His previous books feature the ''Silhouette'' (a fighter prototype with a cloaking device), and the ''Black Raven'' (a modified Sukhoi S-37 with more weapons than a Bond car). Both include radar-absorbent paint and VTOL. The S-37 was an earlier name for the Sukhoi Su-47, which counts as a cool plane ''before'' the modifications. |
| 203 | * The ''Wingman'' series by Creator/MackMaloney |
| 204 | ** It has the main character's F-16, with which he leads the forces of America's restoration. It's the last remaining F-16 in the world after the Soviets won World War III and destroyed most of America's modern equipment during the forced disarmament. It's modified to carry more and more missiles until, in the end, it can lug over ''twenty'', and its performance is somehow not hampered in the least. It later ends up traveling back in time to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, then later into the far future -- [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]] -- where it's modified to become a starfighter. The series is even more silly than all of that sounds. |
| 205 | ** From the same series is the gunship known as ''Nozo'', a modified C-5 that is armed with a full 21 GAU-8 Avengers. Its companion plane, the rather spectacularly colored ''Bozo'', is fitted with a bewildering array of machine guns, Gatling guns, rocket launchers, and artillery pieces; said plane becomes the setpiece for an entire novel when it crashes in Vietnam and has to defend itself from constant human wave attacks. |
| 206 | * The Javelin training jet from ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is presented as very cool when it's introduced. Two overpowered engines (Capable of at least Mach 6), minimal computer support, no inertial compensation, a deliberate technical anachronism, and extremely fun to fly. |
| 207 | * OlderThanFeudalism: ''Literature/{{Ramayana}}'', written long before airplanes existed, introduced vimanas, which were some sort of magical aerial vehicle. The book does not spare words in describing the "sun-equaling" splendor of Pushpaka's vimana, which is "as fast as thought", capable of going anywhere at the pilot's will, and also apparently sentient enough to understand spoken commands. (Or maybe it has a computer with voice-recognition software...) |
| 208 | * The ''Albatross'' in Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''. The best way to describe it would be as a gigantic helicopter with dozens of vertical rotors to provide lift and two horizontal propellers to create thrust. The novel came out in 1886, long before the creation of the first heavier-than-air craft. |
| 209 | * The ''Terror'' in Creator/JulesVerne's thriller ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld''. It's an electrically powered [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter ornithopter]] with retractable wings that transforms into an armored car and ''submarine''. |
| 210 | * ''Literature/TheBigOne'' universe series of novels reflects a world in which bombers in general have much-enhanced prestige with their users and where high & fast is a valid means of penetrating enemy defenses. As a result, the novels contain a plethora of really cool military and civilian aircraft, all of which existed as either prototypes or advanced engineering concepts. |
| 211 | * ''Literature/WetDesertTrackingDownATerroristOnTheColoradoRiver'': Grant does admire how luxurious the Bureau's Gulfstream jet is, with wide windows and blinds, polished wood grain hand rests, a leather seat and wide room inside the plane. |
| 212 | * [[Creator/TomClancy Tom Clancy's]] books have featured several notable examples. All but two exceptions were active service aircraft with the US and other militaries at the time of the writing. |
| 213 | ** In ''Literature/RedStormRising'' he featured the F-19 Ghostrider[[note]]The designation number is interesting, as Clancy assumed that the skipped F-19 was a result of its use for the new stealth fighter, it was actually because Northrup wanted their new aircraft intended for the export market to be the F-20 to avoid confusion with the odd numbers of Russian fighters. In truth, the F-117 designation was used as it previously had been for a few other secret classifications, mostly captured Russian designs. [[/note]]which is what he assumed the USAF stealth fighter to be. It was a superior aircraft to the actual F-117 Nighthawk, with the ability to carry air to air missiles and to go supersonic. |
| 214 | ** ''Literature/DebtOfHonor'' likewise featured the Comanche stealth attack helicopter, which was a prototype that was canceld before it could enter regular service. Again it had performance vastly exceeding the actual helicopter. The same book also had the first prominent fictional outing of the F-22 just a few years after its existence was publicized, though when the novel was written (1994) there were only a few YF-22 prototypes, which had some differences from the later production models, and the novel uses the old name for the aircraft, Rapier. |
| 215 | * In ''Literature/ZeroHistory'' by Creator/WilliamGibson, crossing over between Cool Plane and CoolBoat, EccentricMillionaire Hubertus Bigend owns an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan Ekranoplan]] - specifically, an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok A-90 Orlyonok]]. While these were historically developed by the Soviet Union, aerodynamics and ocean weather are not friendly to such designs. While they are vastly more efficient than airplanes in ideal circumstances, they don't work at all in rough seas and inevitably have stability problems. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 219 | * The Bus in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is a VTOL-capable cargo plane that Coulson uses as a mobile base of operations. Inside the plane is a two-car garage, a first-rate science lab, a command center, a brig, and a well stocked mini-bar. But no fish tank. After its destruction near the end of Season 2, Season 3 features an all new VTOL-capable aircraft called the Zephyr One, which looks like part Bus, part Quinnjet and part Helicarrier. |
| 220 | * The supersonic ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' helicopter, star of the show of the same name created by Creator/DonaldPBellisario. Capable of exceeding Mach 1, stealthy and an unrefuelled range that most fighters can't get near. |
| 221 | * The Luxury Liners in the re-imagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' don't do much to warrant coolness but they still look pretty awesome. Technically they are [[CoolSpaceship starships]] but they are modeled after present-day airplanes and fill the same function so it kinda counts. |
| 222 | ** Well, being able to fly constantly for 4 years with little maintenance and taking off from a warzone while dodging fighters is pretty cool too, I guess. |
| 223 | ** What about the Vipers themselves? Designed for maximum maneuverability and capable of taking down eight Cylon raiders in one go or even a Resurrection Ship in the hands of the right pilot, they're the best examples of this trope in the Fleet. |
| 224 | ** The Vipers are also a partial subversion of this trope: the most advanced Mk. VII models turn out to be susceptible to Cylon hacking at first, so the pilots have to use older Mk II models to get any fighting done. |
| 225 | * The ''Film/BlueThunder'' can't match ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' in power or TV ratings, but lowly criminals are just so much fodder when police chopper Blue Thunder hoses them down with 20mm bullets. Later in the series, the Blue Thunder gets an ECM shield to protect it against lasers so it did one-up the Airwolf there. |
| 226 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]], three Spitfires (already a classic UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Allied fighter plane) are armed with lasers and made-spaceflight-capable in order to battle a Dalek FlyingSaucer. The Spitfires return in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]] to serve as part of TheCavalry yet again. |
| 227 | %% * ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harmon "Harm" Rabb more than once climbs into the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat and also flies F-18s, C-130s (and lands one on an aircraft carrier at sea), a stolen [=MiG=]-29 in Russia, a Boeing 747 airliner (Oceanic of course), and the Aurora spy plane by the time the series ends. Not to mention his very own Stearman biplane "Sarah". (named after his grandmother and not his co-worker). |
| 228 | * Initially in ''Series/TheMagician'', Blake used his Boeing 720 jetliner (named "The Spirit") as a base of operations; it was outfitted as a mobile residence ("It's like any other mobile home, only faster.") with live-in pilot Jerry Anderson. |
| 229 | %% * The ''Series/ModernMarvels'' episodes ''Extreme Aircraft'' and ''Extreme Aircraft II'' are dedicated to several RealLife examples of cool planes. |
| 230 | * The [[FunWithAcronyms SHARC (Special Hydro-Aero Recon Craft)]] from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive.'' Can fly or ''skate across water,'' and don't the Rangers [[RuleOfCool look awesome]] jumping down from it in their circle formation? Eventually, they get a HumongousMecha version called the Sonic Streaker, but the SHARC still popped up now and again. |
| 231 | * The [[http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/F-302_fighter-interceptor F-302 fighter-interceptor]] from the ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', reverse-engineered from an alien craft. What makes it even more awesome is the naquadriah-powered miniature hyperdrive that makes it capable of [[FlashStep short-range tactical hyperspace jumps]] - and that one's an entirely human creation as no other race would even consider strapping a miniature nuclear reactor powered by an insanely unstable isotope onto a fighter. That's actually justified as the prototype almost blew itself to hell when its first hyperspace window was unstable but later proved wrong when [[ColonelBadass O'Neill]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome hyperspaced through an enemy ship's shield and missile'd its main gun directly]]. |
| 232 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' |
| 233 | ** The Thunderwing jet fighters from ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger''. They have drop-deployment hatches for the [[CoolBike Jetter Machines]], and laser cannons in the nosecones to blow up Baranoia Takonpa fighters with in addition to a fighter jet's usual weapon loadout. |
| 234 | ** Outside Ohranger, There are ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' teams that have jet machines as part of their CombiningMecha, like Dynaman (Dyna Mach), Maskman (Masky Fighter) and Turboranger (Rugger Fighter). |
| 235 | %% * Subverted by the real Grumman Goose used in the short-lived TV show ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'', which inspired ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. |
| 236 | * ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' |
| 237 | ** Thunderbird 1 is the ultimate aerial hot-rod if you don't count space-planes. Reputed to do 15,000 mph, which is 86 per cent of orbital velocity and will get you anywhere on Earth in just over an hour, even allowing for acceleration and slowing down at either end of the trip. |
| 238 | ** The Fireflash nuclear-powered airliner - based on designs of the time, until people realised any crash would result in an unhealthy dose of isotopes over a wide area from the crash site. |
| 239 | ** Thunderbird 2 is not only hypersonic, but capable of carrying very large loads. |
| 240 | * Nearly every single ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' defense team has a cool planes in their hangars. Although they get shot out of the sky by the MonsterOfTheWeek to the point of being a RunningGag, they're all equipped with highly advanced technology that can actually hurt the monsters and have appealing designs. In many series, they're also capable of exiting the atmosphere as they pleased, and some were even CombiningMecha. |
| 241 | %% * The Flying Submarine from ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', which is a CoolPlane and a CoolBoat at the same time. Likely inspired the similar Manta Ray jets in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. |
| 242 | * ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': The invisible jet. It was invisible and could apparently be controlled telepathically. In the pilot, Wonder Woman uses the invisible jet to chase down a Nazi spy, [[JustPlaneWrong board his plane in mid-air]], [[BullyingADragon knock him out]], [[EffortlessAmazonianLift drag him onto the invisible jet]], [[VoiceChangeling trick the Nazi sub into giving away its position]], crash the Nazi plane into the sub [[spoiler:killing everyone on board]], and then fly off with the captured Nazi spy. Any plane that has the capabilities to do all of that, remembering that most of it requires Wonder Woman to not be at the controls of the jet, is unquestionably cool. |
| 243 | -->'''Wonder Woman:''' You obviously have little regard for womanhood. You must learn respect.\ |
| 244 | '''Top Nazi Spy:''' I prefer not to soil my hands on female flesh, but if you insist...\ |
| 245 | ''[Wonder Woman knocks him out with one punch]'' |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 249 | %% * ''Pinball/F14Tomcat''. 'nuff said. |
| 250 | * The Quinjet in Creator/ZenStudios' ''[[VideoGame/TheAvengersZenStudios The Avengers]]'' DigitalPinballTable, which strafes the playfield and [[ItsRainingMen drops extra balls]] to start multiball. |
| 251 | * The Batwing in Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Pinball/BatmanForever'', which fires pinballs at playfield targets. |
| 252 | * The hero of ''Pinball/AirborneAvenger'' gets around in a one-man flying jet-sled. |
| 253 | * ''Pinball/OperationThunder'' has the player command a squadron of F-15 Strike Eagles and Stealth Fighters against the enemy. |
| 254 | * Flash flies into battle on his rocketsled in ''Pinball/FlashGordon''. |
| 255 | * ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' has two -- a white private jet appears on the backglass, while the playfield shows off a one-man mini-plane. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 259 | * ''Roleplay/TVTropesRollToDodge'': The Jetbus, in its upgraded version. Knighted has one of these also. Dreadnought and Flanker 66's Air Forces are described as this. |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 263 | %% The following Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s have been commented out and copied to Discussion. Please don't add them back or uncomment them unless you add enough information to make it clear that they're valid examples. |
| 264 | %% * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and its spinoff game Aeronautica Imperialis have their fair share of these. |
| 265 | %% * From the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' Trading Card Game comes the [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane Phantom Beast Planes]], which is an entire archetype of Cool Planes - namely, these guys! |
| 266 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Drago-Sack Drago-Sack,]] the boss monster of the archetype. It's based on the Antonov 225, which is also known as the [[ReportingNames Cossack]]. |
| 267 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Black-Falcon Black Falcon,]] based on the Blackbird. |
| 268 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Ham-Strato Ham-Strato,]] based on a Boeing 747. |
| 269 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Mega-Raptor Mega-Raptor,]] based on the F-22. |
| 270 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Ray-Stealth Ray-Stealth,]] based on a B-52. |
| 271 | %% ** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Beast_Plane_Tether-Wolf Tether-Wolf,]] which is a helicopter. |
| 272 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and its spinoff game Aeronautica Imperialis have their fair share of cool planes. |
| 273 | ** Special mention goes to the Eldar Nightwing, which in the words of one reviewer "looks like something Batman would fly". Its page in Imperial Armor contains a background note on an Eldar squadron that shot down more than sixty Chaos fighters in the course of one campaign. Particularly awesome given that that squadron was four Nightwings strong. |
| 274 | ** ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'' brings us [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dakkabommalite_1950.jpg da megabomma]], which is not only friggin' enormous, but also glorious enough to an Ork mindset (read: as many guns as could be welded on and a huge payload of angry [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily squigs]]) that its eventual pilot has to pick his jaw off the floor when he first sees it. |
| 275 | * This is pretty much the point of ''Warbirds'' and is why the corebook has sixteen pages on designing your own; common traits include multiple wings, rear-propeller "pusher" designs, and all the rest of the {{Dieselpunk}} stuff. "Courier" games, for example, can use the XS-1200 Fast Courier: the fully-equipped one shown in the book has six gun turrets, four pusher engines, and a lot of contraband space, yet can still move like a fighter (although it can't handle doing stunts); the chassis can, with a sufficiently dedicated/insane crew, mount a ''75mm cannon'' instead of a chin turret. |
| 276 | * Creator/{{FASA}} |
| 277 | ** The ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies'' wargame was loaded to the gills with DieselPunk examples of cool planes, all of them armed and loaded for bear and many based on actual 1930s and 1940s experimental aviation technology. As an example, the [[http://crimsonskies.wikia.com/wiki/Hughes_Bloodhawk Hughes Bloodhawk]], based on the real-life German [[http://www.luft46.com/henschel/hsp75.html Henschel Hs P.75]]. |
| 278 | ** ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has the Aerospace Fighters, bonafide [[SpacePlane space]] [[SpaceFighter fighter planes]] alongside more conventional aircraft. |
| 279 | * ''TabletopGame/Cyberpunk2020'' features vehicles similar to those featured on ''Film/BladeRunner'' or ''Film/TheFifthElement'', or the RealLife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-Boeing_V-22_Osprey Osprey]], on Chromebooks advanced fighter planes that take advantage of the development of cybernetic gear in that setting... and the heavily armed and protected tandem rotor helicopter Sikorsky-Mitsubishi "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dragon]]", that the handbook invites to use as a real dragon: to kill big things and scare the hell out of everyone. |
| 280 | * In Biohazard Games/Fantasy Flight Games's ''Blue Planet'', despite being set on an ocean planet - boats aren't the most common form of transport. It's jumpcraft, a.k.a hoppers, which are capable of vertical take-off with its turbo-fans and are amphibious as well. The military version is the Assault Jumpcraft which has on a turret two autocannons and missiles to take role of traditional artillery. Dedicated aircraft are rare, but the king of the skies is the VTOL Strike Fighter which has a rotary cannon and can do various roles with its anti-air and anti-surface missiles. |
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| 284 | %% The following Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s have been commented out and copied to Discussion. Please don't add them back or uncomment them unless you add enough information to make it clear that they're valid examples. |
| 285 | * In ''VideoGame/NineteenSeventeenTheAlienInvasionDX'', you pilot one called the Red Beelzebub - a high-tech biplane from the First World War, outfitted with alien technology, which can ''fly through outer space''. |
| 286 | %% * The ''VideoGame/AirForceDelta'' series has its own share of both real and fictional cool planes and--unusual for a flight sim shooter--features Chinese fighter designs. |
| 287 | %% * SkyCrawlers: Innocent Aces, from the developers of ''VideoGame/AceCombat'', has several Cool prop planes, with special honors going to the Sanka M-B. |
| 288 | %% * ''VideoGame/ActOfWar'', a modern warfare RealTimeStrategy game, features loads of awesome planes like the F-117, the Su-27 and the B-2, just to mention a few. |
| 289 | %% * Pretty much every playable vehicle in ''Sonic Wings / Aero Fighter'' (not related to Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog), the Vic Viper from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'', the R-9 Arrowhead from ''VideoGame/RType'', and many other Shmups. |
| 290 | %% * Any of the "superfighters" of the ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' series, and arguably some of the non-super variety as well. |
| 291 | %% * And speaking of fighters reverse-engineered from alien craft, there's also the ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' from the same-titled series of shooters. |
| 292 | %% * The Arwings from ''Franchise/StarFox''. |
| 293 | %% * Franchise/{{Kirby}}'s Starship, as seen in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' and ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn''. A different version of it appears in ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' and the game's [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa anime adaptation]]. |
| 294 | * The absolutely ''giant'' passenger airliner in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. The passenger compartment in First Class is two full stories tall (one "story" for passengers and one for a lounge area and in-flight shop), and the cargo compartment is also two stories tall. The first class seats are ''extremely'' luxurious, equivalent to what one might enjoy on a private jet. Given the layout that we see, that means that the airliner is at least 3 stories tall, possibly 4. As a result, this plane would be larger than any passenger airline flying today (compare the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380 Airbus A380,]] currently the largest passenger airliner in the world, but somewhat less than 3 stories tall; it almost certainly could not have supported the giant cargo hold depicted in the game). Implausible to be sure, but who wouldn't want to sit in a first-class seat that comfortable? |
| 295 | * The ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series was designed from the ground up to feature as many examples of Cool Planes as possible, and allow aviation nerds the world over to simulate flying them in combat. Every single plane in the games all count in some form or other, but here are the noteworthy picks: |
| 296 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'' was the first to have fantasy-made aircraft. A recurring example is the fan-favorite XFA-27, whose design looked like it came straight out of ''Macross'', as it heavily resembles a VF-11 but minus the ability to turn into a mecha, is way more maneuverable than any other aircraft, and being able to fire four missiles at once (a mini-Macross Missile Massacre?), something that no other plane could do until [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies the fourth game]] onwards. The ADF-01 FALKEN made its debut in this game as an OptionalBoss, which is a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere because the first time you fight it, you have absolutely no idea what the heck kind of aircraft it is and no you can't fly it. |
| 297 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' runneth over with Cool Planes, including the [[https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/XFA-36A_Game XFA-36A Game]], the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-91_Aurora UI-4054 Aurora]], the R-352 Sepia (a space fighter), the R-201v Asterozoa (a ''double artillery airplane''), the XR-900 Geopelia, and the X-49 Night Raven ([[spoiler: a SuperPrototype, piloted by a skilled but DelicateAndSickly girl in the original version or a [[AIIsACrapshoot murderous AI]] in the export version]]. Just to hammer down the point, the Eurofighter Typhoon, prototyped in 1994 and saw service starting in 2003 (the game is released in 1999), ''is [[WithThisHerring the equivalent of flying a World War II airplane in-universe]]!'' |
| 298 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'' gave us the X-02 Wyvern, a unique combination of variable-geometry and forward-swept wings, which came back upgraded as the X-02S Strike Wyvern in ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' with its folding wings and later [[spoiler:railgun]] as its main gimmick. |
| 299 | ** The Arkbird from ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'', an absolutely massive space-capable aircraft, fitted with lasers to deal with meteor debris around the planet but just as well capable of blasting a submerged submarine from orbit. Though you don't get to fly it, you do get to use it as a KillSat [[spoiler:and then shoot it down when it's taken over by the enemy]]. |
| 300 | ** Being the first ''Ace Combat'' game following the game's timeline, ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' gave us the granddaddies of the fictional planes of the series: the ADFX-01 Morgan and its upgraded version, the ADFX-02. Sadly, you can only fly the former, which is still an absolute blast. Both planes are so utterly off-balance, that the 01 can actually complete several entire missions with a single subweapon shot. And while the 01, for balance reasons, only carries one of said subweapons (either a massive bomb, a laser cannon or a missile spoofing system), the 02 has ''all three''. |
| 301 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' has the CFA-44 Nosferatu. The plane nearly ruined the economy of its native country due to its development costs and for good reason: top-tier stats, able to fire up to ''twelve'' missiles at the same time, to adapt its stealth camouflage to spoof almost any radar and goes into battle accompanied by twin railguns ''and'' a small squadron of {{Attack Drone}}. |
| 302 | ** ''[[VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception Skies of Deception]]'' has the YR-302 Fregata, XR-45 Cariburn, XFA-33 Fenrir, XFA-24A Apalis, and the YR-99 Forneus. All six are super-maneuverable and a blast to fly, and were formerly the page image for this trope. |
| 303 | ** Despite taking place in the real world, ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault'' and ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'' gave us the GAF-1 Varcolac and the ASF-X Shinden II respectively. The former, despite its enormous size and goofy looks (it looks like a guitar viewed from above) flies like an angel. The latter was designed by Creator/ShojiKawamori himself and would fit right at home, performance and looks wise, in a ''Macross'' episode. However, for obvious reasons, it can't transform into a mech. |
| 304 | ** Considering the role played by [[AttackDrones drones]] in real warfare, ''Ace Combat'' also has several Cool [=UAVs=]. Starting with [[AIIsACrapshoot Zone of Endless]] in ''Ace Combat 2'', which used existing planes remote controlled by an ArtificialIntelligence, the series gave us the Malgebolg (the support drones of the above-mentionned Nosferatu), the Quox and its bigger brother the Quox Bis (the support drones of the ''VideoGame/AceCombatInfinity'' version of the Nosferatu, itself remote-controlled) and the so far culmination of the drone warfare in the series, in ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': [[spoiler: the ADF-11 (and its prototype, the ADFX-10), able to go toe-to-toe with the best pilots of the world and, if needs arise, update their strategies in real time to counter a dangerous foe ''and'' detach from their main body to gain speed and agility in order to escape]]. |
| 305 | ** The [[GodModeSue F-22 Raptor]] isn't the signature plane of the series for nothing, folks. You can [[{{Pun}} ace]] four of the toughest enemies in the series with one shot. Yeah, the Cool Plane outshines even its fictional counterparts, with his main rival being usually the [[InfinityMinusOneSword Su-37 Terminator]] or the [[SuperPrototype Su-57 / T-50 PAK FA]]. |
| 306 | * All 4 Air-frames of the MMORPG ''VideoGame/AceOnline'' are Cool Planes in their own right: |
| 307 | ** The Anima Mortar (A-Gear) is a VTOL-capable hovertank, with a [[MoreDakka high-velocity Mass Driver cannon]] and shields thick enough to withstand fierce pounding, as well as an emergency [[BeeHiveBarrier barrier that blocks missiles]], a Snare to slow their targets, and a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shield Paralyze]] skill that negates regeneration. A rarely-seen but awesome ability that A-gears may possess is the mighty [[{{BFG}} Hyper Shot.]] |
| 308 | ** The Brandy Burg (B-Gear) is a VideoGame/{{Gradius}}-inspired fighter-bomber with Charged Shots, the ability to fire its missiles as proximity-fused Bombs against ''both'' Air and Ground targets, and can [[TakingYouWithMe cast the deadly self-destruct attack known as the Big Bang]]. They also get [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Option]]-like Chaff for defending against missiles. |
| 309 | ** The [[GlassCannon Idle Sniper]] (I-Gear) is a high-speed dogfighter which can be tuned towards evasiveness or raw destructive power; their signature skills [[MacrossMissileMassacre Berserk and Frenzy lets them rip loose with missiles, lots of them]], while [[SpectacularSpinning Chain Rolling]] lets them do continuous [[MemeticMutation Barrel Rolls]]. |
| 310 | ** The [[DeadlyDoctor Meadow Bugle]] (M-Gear) [[MemeticMutation is the toughest Air-frame known to man]], with the ability to sustain punishment that would crumple an A-10 Warthog like a paper plane. They can [[SummonMagic use the Call of Hero]] to mobilize whole formations rapidly, and can cast ranged repair and resupply skills, as well as [[StatusBuffDispel Purify]] buffs from enemy Air-frames. |
| 311 | * In ''VideoGame/ActOfWar'' there's plenty of cool real-world and [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near-future concept]] aircraft like the Tu-160 Blackjack, or the B-2 Spirit. The most unique perhaps, is the V-44 Heavy Transport VTOL Rotorcraft from Task Force Talon. Loosely based on the Bell Boeing Quad [=TiltRotor=] - it's a stealth capable, 4 rotor armored transport that can carry tanks or plenty of infantry and packs a twin 7.62 gatling gun to deal with ground forces. |
| 312 | * ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' have you piloting a cool ''biplane'' in the Golden Age of Aviation. It's a heavily-armoured, gadget-laden aircraft with an electric generator allowing you to clear the screen of enemies, SmartBomb-style, and even have a grappling hook underneath it (called the "skyhook") that can grab mooks and throw them into objects. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals: Zero Hour'' |
| 314 | ** The [[LightningBruiser Spectre gunship]] is also based on the AC-130H Spectre. The only difference is that while the RealLife counterpart runs on somewhat slow turboprops, the fictionalized one runs on ''jet engines'' and takes a ''huge'' amount of punishment! |
| 315 | ** One general is even exclusive air power, but other players can make do with the superior air to air Raptor, fire breathing fururistic [=MiG=] 1.44, Stealth F-117 bombers, carpet bombers, Aurora fuel air bomb droppers and B-2 MOAB bombing. |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' |
| 317 | ** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' has the Soviet Yak fighters (for infantry, ala the first mission) and Su bombers for armor and structures. |
| 318 | ** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'' has Harrier Jump Jets and the Korean elite Black Eagles where entire missions can, and have, been won on these guys alone. The Soviets get their CoolAirship Kirov and Yuri has a cool spaceship. |
| 319 | ** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' gives us the Allied Vindicator. It's stubby, not terribly fast, carries just two little bombs, and can't even kill other aircraft. What it can and will do is consistently and ''constantly'' knock out enemy resource collectors, vehicles, buildings and just about anything else. It's like a little sniper rifle you point at whatever you want dead and let fly. ''Entire strategies'' were built around the reliable little guy, and it pretty much entirely defined Allied strategy throughout the patch cycle. A tier one Allied faction power makes the Vindicator even scarier, giving it a stat boost and a 50% boost in bomb capacity. |
| 320 | ** The Century Bomber is like the Vindicator on steroids. If you can get around the prohibitively expensive price tag, this bigger, fatter cousin has enough grunt to devastate ground forces and tough enough to come back from all bar the most overzealous air defense. |
| 321 | ** And for something even bigger, get a load of the Allied [[MightyGlacier Harbringer gunship]]. It's more or less the RealLife American AC-130H Spectre on steroids... and the Harbringer's very much based on it (Harbinger replaces the Spectre's howitzer with Proton Collider cannons and gets a forward mounted 25mm machine gun). |
| 322 | * The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberium'' saga is loaded to the brim with Cool Planes -- fictional ones, that is. The most iconic of them all is the GDI Orca of the ''Tiberian Dawn'' era. [[FutureCopter Its twin tiltjet technology]] was so useful and reliable that in ''Tiberian Sun'', GDI derived ''five'' different variants from the original Orca. Nod eventually catches up with GDI's technological advancements, though, namely with the introduction of [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum the Scrin-based Banshee attack aircraft]] and in ''Tiberium Wars'', Venom gunships and the [[InvisibilityCloak Vertigo stealth bomber]]. |
| 323 | * The entirety of action RPG ''{{VideoGame/Consortium}}'' takes place on a futuristic passenger plane. |
| 324 | * Being a game about {{Sky Pirate}}s, ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' runs on this trope (along with CoolAirship). Of special note is the Hughes Aviation Bloodhawk model [[SuperPrototype "Blue Streak"]], a reasonably well-armoured and -armed single-propeller craft which is the first plane capable of using the NitroBoost that the player acquires. It is also the fastest aircraft in the entire game and second in maneuverability only to the Hoplite autogyro. |
| 325 | * Each entry in the ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse'' sees the player character ferried from location to location in their own Cool Plane: |
| 326 | ** The original ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' saw JC Denton flying in a BlackHelicopter piloted by his friend Jock. |
| 327 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' gave the player a choice of flying in a (by then) vintage Harrier jump jet flown by Sid Black or another BlackHelicopter flown by [[spoiler:AI construct]] Ava Johnson. |
| 328 | ** In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' Adam Jensen gets around in a [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/VTOL [=VTOL=]]] piloted by his friend Malik. |
| 329 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'' saw Jensen flying around in souped up and militarized versions of the previous game's [=VTOL=] operated by Task Force 29, usually flown by Elias Chikane. |
| 330 | * ''Videogame/DigitalCombatSimulator'' is ''built'' around this trope, with numerous examples of aircraft like the F/A-18. What makes them cool is the exacting detail that the high fidelity models have, down to the numerous, functional buttons and switches. |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': The Kinreikan grant the hero team an attack-ready jet airplane to travel from Japan to France, with enough passenger space to accommodate the team and firepower to take on any of Dark Force's attack saucers if it came to aerial engagement. It even comes with security cameras inside the aircraft... for the team's safety, of course. Unfortunately while it's armed to the teeth for craft-to-craft combat, a swarm of Spy Flies clogging the engines, crashing into the windshield, and stabbing the pilot through the jaw are harder to defend against. |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'''s [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Enclave]] uses the infamous [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080731223339/fallout/images/2/27/FO3_Vertibird.jpg Vertibirds,]] and yea, verily, they are ''cool.'' Also, there's a quest in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' where you can restore a [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101105165330/fallout/images/5/5c/FNV_B29_Superfortress_Restored.png crashed B-29]] use it to rain death on your enemies. ''Awesome.'' |
| 333 | * With the exception of the Dodo in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', most of the aircraft available to the player in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' franchise are like this. Standout examples include the RM-10 Bombushka (a Russian cargo plane that can also be used as a bomber), the Hydra (a VTOL jet fighter), the B-11 Strikeforce (a copy of the A-10 Thunderbolt) and the Luxor [=DeLuxe=] (a ''gold-plated'' private jet). |
| 334 | * The Combine's [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/d/d1/Hunter_chopper_canals.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090109005103&path-prefix=en Hunter-Chopper]] from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', used to hunt down Gordon Freeman and resistance members who oppose the aforementioned BigBad. It is a mish-mash of a few real-life based helicopter designs (namely the [=CAIC=] Z-10, Harbin Z-19 and the RAH-66) while combining them with an asymmetrical layout that proves to be uncanny and cool at the same time. |
| 335 | * ''{{VideoGame/Hardwar}}'''s moths (think a plane meant for another planet's atmosphere) are generally squat-looking, boxy, function-over-form utility machines. Then you get the Swallow: sleek, aerodynamic, elegant and ''very'' deadly, it [[GameBreaker owns everything else in the skies with ease]]. |
| 336 | * ''Tom Clancy's VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'' contains several cool planes, but there are some cool ones not mentioned in that page. For example: |
| 337 | ** The [[http://withfriendship.com/images/g/34116/FB-22-wallpaper.jpg FB-22]] (F-22 bomber variant), SR-71 combat-capable prototype [[http://area51specialprojects.com/images/yf-12.jpg YF-12]], and the fictional [[http://www.nazgulowen.com/gallery/139.jpg XA-20 Razorback.]] |
| 338 | ** The Razorback is a really cool one. It is officially designated as a ground support plane but it has the loadout to give even ''Raptors'' a really hard time. Especially since the Razorback is ''stealthed'' which means slower missile lock against it. And with the exception of one mission, no one in the singleplayer campaign flies this girl; after finishing the game though, ''you do''. |
| 339 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'''s A-61 Mantis is usually used as a gunship, but the codex says that it can easily act as a fixed wing aircraft. Its design in the game reflects this, making it look like a fixed wing aircraft that's been turned and contorted in various ways with fold-up parts. Also according to the codex, in this role it can fulfill the role of ''any'' aircraft, whether it be a fighter, ground attack aircraft, or high-altitude bomber, all while being faster and more maneuverable than any equivalent aircraft we have today (i.e. Harriers). While the models you encounter in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' are shitty stripped down ones used by mercenary bands, the "Stolen Memory" DLC and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' let you see the normal, military-issue versions. All models of the Mantis pack dual unlimited ammo cannons and ten missiles, and the military models have very powerful DeflectorShields. |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' has the Nomad, a unique transport plane that serves as the mobile base for Solid Snake and Otacon. Loaded with computer equipment, it also has living quarters for several people, a chicken coop, space enough for their helicopter and facilities to create inventions such as the Octocamo suit and small robots based on the Metal Gears. |
| 341 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has no airplanes ''per se'' (they have yet to be invented in-universe), but there are two monsters inspired by them: |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations Ultimate'': Valstrax can be described as an Elder Dragon that moves like a sound-speed fighter craft, using its wings as jet engines powered with Dragon element. Not only can it move rapidly to charge at its enemies (including hunters), but also fly through the high skies to prepare a supersonic dive onto the ground and hurt (or even kill) them with a very powerful ShockwaveStomp. |
| 343 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'': The Bazelgeuse is a flying wyvern, but it still counts because it both looks and acts like ''a Boeing B-52''. It soars over hill and dale with its enormous wings, dropping a barrage of grenades from above onto anything that looks like a tasty meal to it. The ''Iceborne'' expansion introduces the variant Seething Bazelgeuse, which is even more dangerous. |
| 344 | * Killian's VTOL jet personnel transport / gunship in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero''. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/{{Planetside}}'' has tons of examples. The Galaxy Gunship used by all three factions (and sadly no longer in the second game) has four defence turrets and can carry squads of infantry, [[PoweredArmor MAX suits]] and a light vehicle into the battle. The New Conglomerate Reaver is essentially a flying tank with armour and firepower to match, with the trademark Air Hammer cannon (which is effectively an upscaled ''nose-mounted shotgun''); the Terran Republic's Mosquito is light, fast and excels at air superiority with its [[GatlingGood Banshee and M18 rotary cannons]]; the Vanu Sovereignity's Scythe is a reverse-engineered alien fighter craft mounting cannons with [[EnergyWeapon Energy Weapons]]. |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/ProjectWingman'', being made by ''Ace Combat'' fans, has its fair share of Cool Planes with [[AKA47 some tweaks and modified names for copyright reasons]]. The two-seaters such as the F-4 Phantom or F-14 Tomcat gain however an extra level of coolness due to [[GuyInBack your WSO]] being a fully-fledged character instead of being as expressive as a dummy. The three endgame planes take the cake, however: |
| 347 | ** The Chimera, made by Kickstarter backers, looks like a fusion between a F-22 and a Su-57 and flies like one, being the best plane to use a "conventional" loadout. |
| 348 | ** The [[SuperPrototype SP-34R]] looks like a squat variant of ''Ace Combat'''s FALKEN and doesn't have any missiles, but flies like an angel, carries [[MoreDakka every kind of gunpod in the game]], and has a railgun. |
| 349 | ** The [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss PW.MK1]]]] is the [=SP-34R=] on steroids; same railgun, a [[MacrossMissileMassacre rapid-fire mini-missile launcher]], and even better stats, the only complaint about being that it's not a two-seater. |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/RaptorCallOfTheShadows'' has the titular attack plane of TheFuture. The Raptor packs a punch with 3 "always on" weapons - twin machine guns, a weak PlasmaCannon, and micro-missiles, and a selectable weapon of far greater power, including a DeathRay or [[WaveMotionGun Twin Lasers]], and it carries a limited supply of [[SmartBomb Megabombs]]. It's also capable of [[SpacePlane operating in space]] as you clear enemies from the moon. |
| 351 | * The DLC for ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' let you take up Ultor's version of the A-10 Warthog to carpet bomb Stillwater in. |
| 352 | ** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' has the F-69 [=VTOL=], [[ArmiesAreEvil STAG's]] primary fighter jet. In addition to looking sleek and futuristic and, well, being a [=VTOL=], it has a [[EnergyWeapon microwave laser cannon]] for it's primary armament, as well as laser-guided swarm missiles, which you can charge up for a greater blast radius if you ''really'' want to bring the pain. Additionally, BigBad Cyrus Temple uses a special [[{{Pun}} jet]] black one for his boss fight which you unlock in the post-game, and a DLC pack added one in Saints-purple as well. And just in case you didn't already feel like a badass while flying one, it sounds like a [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Transformer]] while switching between Hover and Flight modes. Meanwhile nothing is stopping you from calling in air strikes and controlled missiles yourself. |
| 353 | ** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' unleashes the Screaming Eagle ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a flying eagle armed like the F-69)]] and even when destroyed can be immediately re-summoned except for instances that immediately destroy any vehicle and it has to be done on foot. |
| 354 | * In ''VideoGame/SecretAgentBarbie'', {{Franchise/Barbie}} and her team have their own, very large and very pink, private jet, which acts as their primary mode of transportation, as well as their secret headquarters. |
| 355 | * Many ShootEmUp and BulletHell games feature these, oftentimes overlapping with SpaceFighter or SpacePlane if their games have levels that take them into space. Notable examples include the Fighting Thunder series of planes from ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'', the Vic Viper from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' and the titular ship from ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''. |
| 356 | * The [[SteamPunk Steam]][=/=]DieselPunk mini-flyers used by the heroes in ''VideoGame/SkyGunner''. |
| 357 | * [[Franchise/SonictheHedgehog Miles "Tails" Prower]] started out piloting the Tornado, Sonic's red UsefulNotes/WW1 biplane that got regularly upgraded over the series. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' it gets shot down and replaced by the Tornado II, which had the ability to shift into an X-shaped wing mode, and got upgraded in the sequel (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'') so it can transform into a MiniMecha called the Cyclone and a car. A new red Tornado (or perhaps a repaired and upgraded version of the original) called the Tornado-1 was later introduced. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/StrikeCommander'' features a plethora of "mundane" Cool Planes, but the last two missions have you stealing an F-22 (the game was made well before it entered production), and later using it to dogfight with a prototype YF-23 (specifically, the ''Black Widow II''). |
| 359 | * Can be built in ''VideoGame/TerraTech''. While [[DifficultButAwesome hard to get right]], properly-made planes can glide, do acrobatics, bombard helpless enemies with bombs and missiles, refine and sell resources on the wing or even craft new blocks after landing. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/VectorThrust'' |
| 361 | ** Being a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series, it also offers all the real-life standards like the F-22, Su-47, F-14, and others. Worth noting is that the game boasts several variants of each aircraft that are ''even cooler''- The F-22X "Alvaraptor" and F-35X "Silver Lightning" come to mind, being modified versions of their traditional airframes with forward-swept wings. |
| 362 | ** More recently in a show of support for the [[AscendedFanon Pride of Wardoge]] tournament they came out with the [[https://scontent-a-sin.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10259989_397753117047089_2418486545905452294_n.jpg?oh=441e9646ee59883e17d54a0a0a85c0f5&oe=550B1C5F AXF-14G Digital Tomcat,]] which is a stealth-capable F-14 Tomcat with synthetic vision modules and completely modernised control surfaces. |
| 363 | * You can craft various VTOL types in ''VideoGame/Warzone2100'', while the specs and roles vary depending on the parts used - [=VTOLs=] are unmatched in moving speed and have very good survivability - with some designs being essentially a tank in the sky. While they have a limited ammo supply similar to Orcas in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', the VTOL weapons are more powerful than their ground unit counterparts to make up for that. |
| 364 | * ''{{VideoGame/XCOM}}'' gives us the soldiers' main transport ship, the [[AscendedFanon SR-77H]] Skyranger. In the 2012 remake ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', it's able to get from one end of the Earth to the other, and back again, in a single day on a single tank of fuel. Nice. |
| 365 | %% ** The games are full of these. Specific aircraft include the Interceptor, the Firestorm, and the Avenger from ''[[VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense UFO Defense]]'', and the Barracuda, Manta, and Leviathan from ''[[VideoGame/XCOMTerrorFromTheDeep Terror from the Deep]]''. |
| 366 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'' gives us the X-59 Marauder, which your chief scientist outright describes as a "flying tank". Using armour, weaponry, engines, and avionics derived from invading alien craft, the Marauder is capable of ''crusing'' at nearly 4,000 kilometres per hour whilst still carrying an autocannon and two missiles heavy enough to destroy a tank. For comparison, your average fighter is capable of Mach 2-2.5 and can be taken down by a couple of anti-air missiles, whereas this thing is designed to shrug off plasma bolts. In a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, the plane is even capable of flying with both wings destroyed ''as if nothing happened''. |
| 367 | * ''Zombie Gunship'' already has you being the gunner on an AC-130 gunship but in the war against zombies, your particular plane has been souped-up to accept weapons outside of the standard load-out on the plane including modified anti-material rifles and special weapons like the [=ND 37=] an autocannon that [[HotBlade fires super-heated shells]] which can reach a point where the shells will [[FlamingWeapon explode into flames]]. |
| 368 | * ''VideoGame/LeTemplePerduDeLOncleErnest'' has the Aero-Condor, a one-person-sized plane shaped like a condor with an Inca aesthetic. The coolness mostly comes from the plane's design. |
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| 371 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 372 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'' |
| 373 | ** Seth's power is summoning toy airplanes to attack with. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower They are far more effective than they sound.]] |
| 374 | ** Beeps is a talking plane that can move his wheels and wings like limbs. |
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| 377 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 378 | * In the DieselPunk [[WebSerialNovel Web Serials]] ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfTaras'', the bad guys [[spoiler: and later what remains of the protagonists]] pilot a wingless, wide and cylindrical DieselPunk airship with four neon-blue searchlights, a pair of mounted guns and a detailed interior called the "Collins RB-434 Hunter-Scavenger". |
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| 381 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 382 | %% The following Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s have been commented out and copied to Discussion. Please don't add them back or uncomment them unless you add enough information to make it clear that they're valid examples. |
| 383 | %% * The Javelins from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. (If Franchise/WonderWoman's flying, count on her to have it cloaked whether necessary or not, a ShoutOut to the invisible jet.) |
| 384 | %% * Most of the aircraft on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''. |
| 385 | * ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' features Bullseye's Air Raid helicopter, which has a sleek, futuristic design and twin cockpits with red and blue glass. |
| 386 | %% * ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Mask}} M.A.S.K]]'' Switchblade,a helicopter that turns into a jet plane. |
| 387 | %% ** The episode "Air Force None" plays this straight. |
| 388 | %% * The Equalist biplanes seen in the first season finale (Which also doubles as the SeriesFauxNale) of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. |
| 389 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' |
| 390 | ** The "X-1" used to be a cool plane, in the 1960's. Now it's just the supersonic daily driver for the family. |
| 391 | ** Jonas' EX-X-1 however, is a cool plane. It can pilot itself, has Space Invaders in the lounge... and at that it ''has'' a lounge! |
| 392 | * ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' has plenty of Cool Planes in both the Joes' and Cobra's fleets. The early vehicles were at least inspired by known real-life vehicles; by 1987, made-up, "futuristic" designs became the norm, with the older craft repurposed for special units (sometimes for the other side). Some of the vehicles based on real ones: |
| 393 | ** Skystriker XP-14F (later XP-21F) - based on the F-14, with a modified forward intake. |
| 394 | ** Dragonfly XH-1 - based on the AH-1 [=SuperCobra=], with a jet turbine stabilizer in place of a conventional tail rotor. |
| 395 | ** Conquest X-30 - a twin-engine fighter with forward-swept wings based on the Grumman X-29. |
| 396 | ** Rattler - based on the A-10 Thunderbolt II, with the engines moved to the wings, a third engine on the tail, and VTOL capability. |
| 397 | ** Night Raven [=S3P=] - ''loosely'' based on the Lockheed A-12/M-21/SR-71 series with a detachable "recon jet" even more loosely based on the D-21 drone. |
| 398 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' |
| 399 | ** By default, virtually every Transformer with a plane alt-mode is one of these: Starscream ([[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 F-15]], [[Film/Transformers2007 F-22]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated something that looks suspiciously like the Su-47 Berkut]] and [[Anime/MacrossPlus a YF-19 "Alpha One"]]), Jetfire ([[Anime/{{Macross}} a VF-1S]] [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Super Valkyrie]], [[Anime/TransformersCybertron an Antonov An-225]], [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen an SR-71 Blackbird]] and [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 various]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated fictional]] [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron jet]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse models]]), and Blitzwing (A [=MiG=]-25 Foxbat that also turns into a ''tank'') only being three examples. (An obvious drawback to listing them all is the fact that [[MerchandiseDriven many of the flying Transformers are just]] [[PaletteSwap repainted Starscreams]].) |
| 400 | ** The G1 Aerialbot Air Raid was not only the only Autobot F-15, his toy is one of only two using the F-15 alt mode that was not based on Starscream's design! The other, Talon, was released at the very end of the G1 line (as part of the Predators subline) and was never released in the United States. Oddly enough, ''Combiner Wars'' Air Raid is now an F-14. |
| 401 | ** In fact, some continuities (such as ''Animated'' and ''Prime'') make planes and other air vehicle altmodes a distinctive trait of the Decepticons, to contrast with the Autobots' ground vehicles. |
| 402 | ** Optimal Optimus' flight mode in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', while looking a bit cumbersome, was definitely badass, and what it lacked in speed it made up for in armor and firepower. |
| 403 | ** ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us a fair few. Earth planes (and one helicopter): Jetfire turns into an Antonov An-225, Thundercracker (''Not'' a Starscream mold-mate, for once) turns into a Sukhoi Su-37, Evac turns into a Eurocopter Dauphin rescue chopper, and Wing Saber turns into a modified A-10. Cybertronian and other non-Earth: Megatron has a very menacing, evil-looking jet mode, Starscream's altmode is an homage to the pre-earth Tetrajet modes of the G1 Seekers, Sideways' looks distinctly alien, as does Soundwave's bomber mode (though his is similar in shape to some Earth stealth bombers). Mashup: Optimus Prime's Flying Fire Truck mode. [[CrackIsCheaper Thanks for killing our wallets, Hasbro]]. |
| 404 | ** The 2010 offerings brought some new blood into the mix: [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lugnut_%28TF_2010%29 Lugnut]] as a post-modern B-52 with a WaveMotionGun in the tail and [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Terradive_%28TF_2010%29 Terradive]] as a Sukhoi Su-47 with a trident (([[ImprobableWeaponUser the melee weapon]], not [[UsefulNotes/PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower the missile]]) are probably the highlights. |
| 405 | * ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' |
| 406 | ** Baloo's Sea Duck is an old but tricked-out cargo seaplane that can pull off some amazing stunts in Baloo's hands. |
| 407 | ** The Snow Duck is [[LiteralMinded literally]] a Cool Plane: Wildcat crafts it out of ''ice'' and a ventilator while at a Thembrian prisoner camp. Actually, the main reason why it flies is because it's [[AcePilot Baloo]] who pilots it. |
| 408 | ** The Spruce Moose was designed as a humongous six-engine cargo seaplane that got its name from being shaped like a moose head, the wings with their top-mounted engines being the antlers. It is so large that it could never leave Cape Suzette. And it is so large that it was eventually converted into a rather spacious ballroom. Even then, it remained fully airworthy. |
| 409 | ** The Titanium Turkey. Maybe the coolest of the bunch. It's the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100304132053/http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/BelGeddes.htm Norman Bel Geddes Airliner Number 4]] transferred into WesternAnimation/TaleSpin, and InUniverse, it was in fact cobbled together from parts of various stolen aircraft. |
| 410 | ** The [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Iron Vulture]] isn't strictly an airplane, getting its lift from a combination of vertical propellers and hollow spaces filled with gas lighter than air. Nonetheless, it is still a fierce-looking flying hangar armed with — among smaller weapons — [[{{BFG}} two artillery guns]]. And it is large enough for a plane the size of the Sea Duck to maneuver inside it. |
| 411 | ** On the other side of the scale is Don Karnage's very personal Tri-Wing Terror. It's little more than an engine and six stubby wings, each of which with a machine gun inside. Piloted by Don Karnage, it can give Baloo and other cargo pilots quite a hard time since the short wings and its overall tiny size make it extremely nimble. |
| 412 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 413 | ** The Batwing is capable of flying through a tunnel and spearing a car, and ripping off its door with a claw. It's Batman, so RuleOfCool is in full effect. |
| 414 | ** In the episode "Zatanna", the VillainOfTheWeek is also flying a Norman Geddes Airliner No. 4. |
| 415 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''' custom-made jet, the [=TurboKat=]. It was built from ''junkyard scrap'', and yet has three engines, VTOL capabilities, a cement-spewing machine gun, a boatload of missiles for every occasion (from blinding enemy fighters (the Tarpedoes) to cutting a pilot out of his seat (the Cookie Cutter)), the capacity to carry vehicles like the [[CoolBike Cyclotron motorcycles]] and a DrillTank called the [=TurboMole=], and even the ability to go into space with ''four extra engines'' and heat shielding. |
| 416 | * ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''. Subverted with the Misery Flyer. It's hyped up throughout the episode as a great plane, and is used to try and rescue [[RichBitch Jez]]. It is quickly crashed. |
| 417 | * The enormous and extremely luxurious plane in the ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' episode 'Evil Airline Much?'. It resembles the Norman Bel Geddes Airliner Number 4, albeit with jet engines. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack''. The [[DoomyDoomsofDoom "Mega Death-wing of Doom"]], a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird-esque bomber plane that attacks ConDonaldDuck at the end of the episode where Donald is forced to go back into the Navy. |
| 419 | * The Thingamajigger from ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'', which is a bizarre helicopter-like vehicle which the Cat flies around in. |
| 420 | * The helicopter the Pack used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is quite cool with its protection against lasers. And then after Lexington [[ItMakesSenseInContext forces them to eject with the help of Brooklyn and Broadway]], after crashing it safely, he manages to repair and rework it with a fitting "gargoyle" motif. |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/FantasticVoyage''. The team travels around in a jet plane called the Voyager, which was built by the team's tech genius Busby Birdwell. It has both missiles and a beam weapon and can engage in stunning aerobatic feats such as incredibly tight turns. |
| 422 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' has the T-Ship, capable of functioning as a submarine, an aircraft and a spaceplane and can separate into five vehicles that can be individually piloted by each Titan. |
| 423 | * Dick Dastardly's devil-red aeroplane on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' is easily the coolest vehicle among the members of the Vulture Squadron. Too bad he can't keep from regularly crashing it out. |
| 424 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'' with the Angels in their futuristic Falcon interceptor planes. Interestingly, a website on aviation tried to replicate the planes IRL, and found that they weren't particularly quick (only Mach 1.7) but would have been ''astonishingly'' manoeuvrable, and would have been an excellent dog-fighter and ground attack platform! So it seems Gerry Anderson even knew his planes, too! |
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